Homemade Aebleskivers: Sugar-Coated Memories of Denmark

Homemade Aebleskivers: Sugar-Coated Memories of Denmark
Danish aebleskivers, puffs of sweet, tender dough that resemble doughnut holes, are served as a treat throughout the month of December. Brent Hofacker/Shutterstock
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It’s the middle of December, and I should be in the woods. More precisely, I should be in the woods freezing my toes off, quite possibly in the dark, most likely in the rain.

And I’m feeling nostalgic.

Lynda Balslev
Lynda Balslev
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Lynda Balslev is a cookbook author, food and travel writer, and recipe developer based in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she lives with her Danish husband, two children, a cat, and a dog. Balslev studied cooking at Le Cordon Bleu Ecole de Cuisine in Paris and worked as a personal chef, culinary instructor, and food writer in Switzerland and Denmark. Copyright 2025 Lynda Balslev. Distributed by Andrews McMeel Syndication.
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